227 E Main St, Elkton, MD 21921, United States
This auction includes a collection of scarce German WWII propaganda posters, war bonds poster collection assembled by a private institution, and travel related posters.
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LOT 83:
HITLER WANTED FOR MURDER POSTER
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Sold for: $260
Price including buyer’s premium:
$
325
Start price:
$
120
Estimated price :
$240 - $360
Buyer's Premium: 25%
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HITLER WANTED FOR MURDER POSTER
American WWII propaganda mock 'Wanted' poster seeking 'Adolf Schickelgruber Alias Hitler' for 'Murder; Arson; Grand Larceny; Possession of Firearms; Piracy; Treachery; Religious Persecution. Shoot On Sight!'. Ca. 1941, 26 x 30 inches, linen-backed. Features two mug shots with facsimile set of ten fingerprints at bottom, each with a swastika. His description includes 'Shaggy lock hand over forehead...demented gaze...football mustache...marked devotion for brown shirts...'. Particulars section states 'This man has tendency to become hysterical, has been known to throw himself on floor and gnaw rugs...delusions...about his place in history...sadistic, malicious, bombastic, vengeful, mystical, maniacal, ...suffer from dreams of persecution...worked at only one known trade - house painting.' Text on bottom half includes 'If captured dead or alive, the reward will be freedom for the entire world and peace for all nations.' Professionally linen-backed.
